Strip shingle



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Filed Feb. l0

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narrar vortica LIEUN BUSHA, OF MENNEPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

STRIP SHXNGLE.

Application tiled February 10, i923. Serial No. 618,284.1:

ToaZZ whom it may concern: Be it known that l, LEON `Bosi-ni, citizen of the United States, resident of Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin land State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Strip Shingles, of which the following is a specification.

=This invention relates-'to improvements in strip shingles, for covering the roofs or walls of buildings, .formed preferably of rooting felt, or material ofa similar' nature,

Vwith a mineral covering or surface usually formed of finely divided slate.

'llhe object of my invention is` to provide a strip shingle that can be cut from a rectangular sheet or strip of material without any waste' whatever that can be conveniently formed either lengthwise. or crosswise of the sheet of material; that will, when laid, simulate the appearance of a tile or shingle roof, and that Will provide at least two thicknesses of shingle at all portions of the roof or wall.

rllhe invention consists generally in the constructions and combinations hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in l the claims.

.and held in place thereby.

li form, at one edge of ln the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a plan view of a single shingle embodying my invention;

Figure 2 is a plan of a sheet of material, or a portion of a sheet, illustrating the manner in Which the strip shingles may be cut therefrom without waste;

' Figure 3 is a plan view showing a preferred manner of laying the shinges to form a roof or wall covering.

lin the drawing, l represents the body portion ofthe strip shingle, which may be formed, in the 'usual way, of a foundation sheet of wool felt with a coating or layer of pitch, asphalt, or the like, on one surface of the felt, and a layer4 of crushed slate or similar material pressed into the coating the body, projecting extensions, or butts 2, 2,v here shown of generally rectangular form, but with the base of the butt widened by the diagonal or inclined lines a--b, and the tip of the butt correspondingly narrowed by they diagonal or inclined lines cmd. Separating spaces 3--3 are provided, each equal in outline, or contour, and area, to the outline, contour and area of each of the butts l2.

The shingle may be cut from a rectangular sheet by cutting along the dotted line 5-5, Figure 2.

The edge of one of the butts coincides with one end of the body portion (at the left in Figures 1 and 3), and a fractional butt, his provided at the other end of the body portion, said fractional butt being defined by the extension of the end line of the Vbody portion, and a sloping line a-b corresponding to the similar line at each side of the base of each butt. The total length of each strip shingle is double the total of the straight portions of all the projecting butts. l have here shown each shingle provided with two butts, but a greater number may be employed if desired. rl`his arrangement provides cach shingle with at least two butts and a corresponding number of spaces.

l may form the strip shingles by cutting the same across the sheet, the length of the shingle being, in such case, preferably equal to thewidth of the sheet of felt, such felt being usually formed in long sheets, that are rolled up and handled in the rolls. Sheets thirty-two inches wide may be used, and, by cutting the shingles crosswise, a section of sheet 32x21 will form two strip shingles, with butts and recesses each 8 inches wide and 4 inches long and with a distance of 12J,L inches from the tip or end of the butt to the opposite edge of the body portion, (on the line a-a of Figure l).

By cutting the shingles lengthwise of the sheet and making the butts inches long, and the distance from the end of the butts to the opposite edge of the shingle 105i inches, (on said line a-a of Figure l four strip shingles can be cut from a sheet 36 inches wide.

T prefer to construct the shingles so that from thetip of the butt to the other edge or top of the body shall be a distance equal to more than three times the length that the .butt projects from the main body portion of the shingle.

By this arrangement the roof, or covering when laid, as indicated in Figure 3 of the draw`ngs, has three thicknesses .of material at the projecting butts, and two thicknesses of material elsewhere.

By this means l produce, without any waste, a ver); superior shingle that gives a maximum of three thicknesses of material in the roof or covering (at the butts) and a minimum of two thicknesses of such material elsewhere, and lin which the joints are all covered by the butts so that there are three thicknesses of material at each joint, an integral portion of a sheet being under and over each joint.

The length and Width of the strip shingles, and the length and Width of the butts, may be varied Without departing from my invention.

I do not limit myself, therefore, to any particular size or dimension of the parts, nor to any particular material for forming the same.

I claim as my invention:

' l. A strip shingle c omprising a body portion having a plurality of separated butts projecting from one edge thereof, the butts being connected with the body portion attheir bases by inclined lines and the size and contour of each butt corresponding to the size and contour of the adjoining separating space, whereby a pair of strip shingles may be cut from a rectangular sheet of inaterial Without Waste, thel edge of one butt coinciding With one end of the body portion, and a fractional butt projecting from the body at its other end with its edge in line therewith.

2. A strip shingle comprising a body portion having a plurality of separated butts projecting from one edge thereof, the butts being connected with the body portion at their bases by inclined lines, and the ends of the butts being correspondingly shaped, whereby' a pair of strip sli-ingles may be cut from a rectangular sheet of material without waste, the edge of one butt coinciding with one end of the body portion, and a fractional butt vprojecting from the body at its other end with its edge in line therewith.

3. A shingle strip comprising a body portion vhaving a plurality of separated butts projecting from one edge thereof, the butts being connected with the body portion at their bases by inclined lines, and the ends of the butts beng correspoinlingly shaped, the size and contour of each butt corresponding to the size and contour of the adjoining separating space, the edge of one butt'coin ciding with one end of the body port-ion, and a. fractional butt projecting from the body at ilts other end with its edge in line therew t 1.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 7 th day of February, 1928.

LEON BUsHA. 

